An Introductory Overview : Norwegian Immigration, Urbanization and Community in the Twin Cities, 1849-2020 -- Foundations of Urban Life : The Frontier-Pioneer Context in the River Towns and Their Rural Hinterlands, 1830s-1870s -- In the Aftermath : An Immigrant Subculture Takes Root in the River Boomtowns after the Civil and Dakota Wars, 1865-1880 -- Expansion's Golden Age : The Flowering of Norwegian Immigrant Culture in the Twin Cities, 1880-1905 -- Social Issues in Expansion's Golden Age, 1880s-1920s -- Community Transformations : Boom, Bust, and War, 1925-1945 -- One of the Twin Cities' Later-Generation Ethnic Groups during the Postwar Decades, 1945-1975 -- The Norwegian American Ancestry Group in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area, 1975-2000 -- A Glance Forward and Concluding Remarks, 2000-2020 -- Twin Cities History Project Interviews.
Summary:
"From 1850 to 2020, Minnesota's urban Norwegian American community expanded and contracted, as did the complexity of its economic, political, and cultural activities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. In The Heart of the Heartland, personal interviews, demographic research, and archival exploration inform stories of assimilation, ascendency, and collaboration among Minnesota's Norwegian Americans and their neighbors over the past 170 years. The resulting narrative traces not only Twin Cities business, industrial, neighborhood, and cultural histories but also the significant and varied roles Norwegian Americans have played in the region's development"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.